Photos: Peter Reid of Canada reigned as the Ironman Triathlon men's champion. (Alan Taylor Communications); Natascha Badmann of Switzerland won the women's Ironman Triathlon. (Alan Taylor Communications); Dot Richardson led her teammates on a victory lap after the United States won the Olympic gold medal in softball. (Barton Silverman/The New York Times)(pg. 9); Bobby Labonte won the Nascar Winston Cup title. (Robert Laberge/Allsport); PaJean's Wild Thang, with the owner Pam Bassett, was the Cat Fanciers' Association grand champion. (Norman Y. Lono for The New York Times); Members of the United States baseball team celebrated with high-fives after defeating Cuba to win the gold medal in the Olympics in Australia. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)(pg. 5); Kim Young Ho of South Korea is the mens individual foil Olympic champion. (Stu Forster/Allsport)(pg. 6)